Monday, March 14, 2011

productive weekend

The weekend was wonderful...

J and I went for a run! We followed the first step in the couch to 5k program, and it went well! I know he can run a lot longer (and probably faster) than I can, but he was very patient, and the run was a success. :) We have plans to run on Tuesday before Glee and Thursday before our mini-vacation in Chicago. I also signed us up for a quarter marathon (6.6 miles) at the end of May... it will serve as motivation to keep up with training!

We did a lot of talking and planning. We have been running into a problem of spending more than we budget, and we came up with a couple of ideas for how to prevent that in the future. Best of all, the conversation wasn't too stressful! It felt good to be working on something as a team, and even if our new plan doesn't pan out how we want it to, at least we're trying something new.

The sun was shining! This never fails to lift my spirits, and I hope this weather holds for the weekend... I want to be able to walk around in Chicago, so hopefully it doesn't suddenly become wintry again.

I slept a ton... after sleeping poorly while J was out of town, it was great to get caught up on sleep. This also meant that I was more patient and more positive during our planning-- something that definitely made a huge difference.

I'm looking forward to

two nights away, with some celebrating and some relaxation!

visiting J's aunt, uncle and cousin... we haven't seen them since the Packers/Bears game, and since they're Bears fans, they weren't too happy!

seeing some old friends on Saturday. It's been a while since we've gotten that group together, and it should be a blast.

more warm weather so that J and I can finally have our garage sale! This will free up our "library," and help to de-clutter the rest of our apartment. Plus, since there's some nice stuff to sell, I'm sure we can bring in a little bit of money... to save for another vacation down the line. :)